Sometimes Fate gets tired of being ignored. And some nights, nights with a little more magic than the rest, Fate will decide something needs to be done.<br><br>Enter Drualus, Senior Correspondent for the Collective Assembly of Christmas Fae, working with the Night Before Reach Out Program. He has a few short hours to change Scott Misener's outlook on life, love, and understanding. Lucky for Scott, Dru knows the perfect way to make that happen.<br><br>Following the path of a tried and true trope, Dru is about to take Scott on an erotic journey that will remind him how simply beautiful life once was, and how perfectly beautiful it can be again.

A Beautiful Thing

Derek turned on to his side, facing the wall, and pulled his legs up.


“It’s time to go.” Dru extended his hand and wiggled his fingers. “We still have another stop.”


Scott ignored the hand. “Five minutes.”


Panic sparked in Scott’s guts. “No. I’m not going. This is the present and I can stay right here if I damn well please. You don’t control me.”


Dru offered a small, kind smile. “One more stop. Just one.”


Scott shook his head. “No. No, no, no, no. I know how this plays out. You get me all worked up over this guy and then next thing I know we’re standing in front of his headstone while you tell me he hung himself because nobody loved him. Or that I did. Or we both fucking did. Well you know what, Dru? Fuck that. I don’t need to see it. I don’t wantto see it. You made your point, okay?”


Chapter 10